Mark S Berry Music Producer

We will take you to the party, incorporating key interviews, archival footage, photographs, animation, digital imaging, music and art to bring an unforgettable cultural institution back to life.

The Velvet Underground, The New York Dolls, IggyPop, Patti Smith and Alice Cooper honed their talents performing “Upstairs at Max’s,” the first restaurant/bar/club in NYC to feature unsigned bands. Aerosmith got signed to a record deal upstairs at Max’s, Bruce Springsteen and Bob Marley and the Wailers performed for a memorable two week double billing. It jumpstarted the careers of Bonnie Raitt, Billy Joel, Waylon Jennings, IggyPop, Devo, the B52s and Little Feat just to name a few.

For fifteen years, until it finally closed its doors in 1981, as William Burroughs stated, “Max’s was at the intersection of everything.”